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Author Hillson, Rowan, author.

Title Diabetes care : a practical manual / Rowan Hillson
Edition Second edition
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource
Series Oxford care manuals
Oxford care manuals.
Contents Cover; Series page; Diabetes Care: Apractical Manual; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; Symbols and abbreviations; Chapter 1 -- Is it diabetes?; Chapter 2 -- Assessing a person with diabetes; Chapter 3 -- The aims of diabetes care; Chapter 4 -- Diabetes education; Chapter 5 -- Healthy eating and drinking (including management of obesity); Chapter 6 -- Urine testing; Chapter 7 -- Blood glucose and ketone testing; Chapter 8 -- Non-insulin medications; Chapter 9 -- Insulin; Chapter 10 -- Low blood glucose: hypoglycaemia; Chapter 11 -- High blood glucose: hyperglycaemia
Chapter 12 -- Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state (HHS)Chapter 13 -- Exercise; Chapter 14 -- Diabetic tissue damage; Chapter 15 -- Diabetic foot problems; Chapter 16 -- Diabetes in young people; Chapter 17 -- Diabetes in women; Chapter 18 -- Diabetes in men; Chapter 19 -- Older people with diabetes; Chapter 20 -- Diabetes in different ethnic groups; Chapter 21 -- Work; Chapter 22 -- Travel; Chapter 23 -- Psychological and social aspects of diabetes; Chapter 24 -- Diabetes care in hospital; Chapter 25 -- Local diabetes care; Chapter 26 -- Links; Index
Summary "This care manual provides a step-by-step guide to diabetes care for doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals working in primary, community, and secondary care. The author draws on practical experience taking a common-sense approach to the assessment, education, monitoring, and treatment of diabetes across all age groups and ethnic backgrounds. There are detailed sections on helping patients manage their diabetes in everyday life, extensive advice on the monitoring and adjustment of glucose levels, and discussion on preventing and coping with emergencies. Focus is primarily on the prevention, detection, and treatment of diabetic tissue damage, including heart disease."--Back cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed April 8, 2015)
Subject Diabetes -- Treatment -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Diabetes Mellitus -- therapy
Diabetes Mellitus -- drug therapy
Diabetes Complications -- therapy
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Diabetes.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Endocrinology & Metabolism.
Diabetes -- Treatment
Genre/Form Electronic books
manuals (instructional materials)
handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191016110
019101611X